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1 grave

Pronounced:

/ˈgreɪv/Listen to audio

Function:

noun

Inflected forms:

plural graves

Meaning:

[count] 1 : a hole in the ground for burying a dead body dig a grave The casket was lowered into the grave. He was buried in a shallow grave. We went to the cemetery to visit my aunt's grave. [=to visit the place where my aunt's body is buried] A headstone marks her son's grave. grave robbers [=people who dig up a buried body to steal the things that were buried with it] When people think that a dead person would be very shocked or upset to see something that is happening now, they say that person is or must be turning/spinning in his/her grave or US turning over in his/her grave or US rolling (over) in his/her grave. The company founder must be turning in his grave because of the changes we've made.
2used to talk about death She took her secrets with her to the grave. [=she died without telling anyone her secrets] He believes that there is life beyond the grave. [=that there is life after death] A hard life drove him to an early grave. [=caused him to die when he was fairly young] She went to her grave [=she died] a lonely and bitter woman.
dig your own gravesee 1dig
from (the) cradle to (the) gravesee 1cradle
have one foot in the gravesee 1foot
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